Chests & Trunks

Chest on Heraldic Art.

 

Wooden chest with metal straps (National Museum of Ireland 1935:432). Ireland

Front panel of chest (Kunstgewerbemuseum 1884,1688). Netherlands - ca. 1380

Chest with courtly scenes (Louvre OA 6975). Italy - 1450-75

Gothic heraldry chest (Louvre OA 10599). France - 1450-1500

Chest bench (Kunstgewerbemuseum O-1972,104). Italy - end of 15th C. 

Vinework chest (Louvre OA 7371). 1450-1515

Chest (V&A Museum CIRC.62-1909). France - 1475-1500

Gothic chest (Louvre OA 9965). France - 1485-1500

Wedding chest (Kunstgewerbemuseum 1910,21). Spain - ca. 1500

Chest with couple in profile (Louvre OA 6252). France - 1500-15

Busts in profile (Louvre OA 8271). France - 1525-50

Heraldic chest (Louvre OA 9966). 1535-70

Chest (V&A Museum 833-1898). England - 1560-1600

Hamza- Nama (Brooklyn Museum 24.47). India - 1557-77 

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